When I found out that the books were actually true and me and my classmates were demigods I knew the world was gonna gonna end.

Chapter 1
It started when my friend Reuben had just finished reading blood of Olympus. Me and my friend Ryley had already finished and were kinda bummed it was the end of the series and hadn't tied up all the loose ends. We were just getting out of school, and we all stayed after for an academic meet and we were just messing around in the gym shooting hoops and none of us were making em. The better part was we had some late afternoon entertainment thanks to Reuben and Declan. Now Reuben is a kinda below average height for 16 year old. He has big goofy looking ears with a round face and curly hair . He was wearing crooked glasses on his face so he had kinda a chubby impish look. He is a bit round in the belly and all in all he looks like a hobbit. Declan on the other hand is taller than average and is 15. He's pretty skinny with big hair that he flips over his head and he also wears glasses. So anyways as usual when you get us all in a room. Us is Austin (me), Reuben, Ryley, Blake, Declan and Baylor we end up either in a big argument or a fight. This time it was a fight.

Its nothing series it just gives us something fun to do. So Declan had just finished getting his hand outta Reuben's mouth (he's a biter) and then piledrived him. And meanwhile Baylor is yelling for Reuben to bite him more and Blake is yelling for Declan to tombstone him. Now Baylor is about average height with a slightly grizzled chin which he believes is a full beard, and is quite buff. He has a rigid jaw line and a buzz cut hair. He also has a obsession with vikings. He somewhat resembles a bear or caveman which is his common nickname. Blake on the other hand resembles more of a small toothpick. He's very skinny and about average height with a receding hairline. Then there is me and ryley. Ryley is a small genius with a calculator for a brain. He's also pretty short and is in good physical condition. He also spikes his hair in the front, which Baylor does every now and then to mock him. Its also known that girls find him attractive. Until they get to know him. I'm considered a little under average height with a slim build and that's about it. Supposedly I look like Short-Round from Indiana Jones. I disagree. Anyways so when Reuben and Declan were done fighting we went outside to get ready for the meet. For some reason nobody was out there which was weird because normally somebody was sitting in the bench outside our school. Then suddenly we here a deafening roar coming from the west. Looking up we see a bunch of gryphons. These were Greek gryphons with a slim jet black build and leathery wings. There were five total in the... flock? Pride? Either way they were coming at us at an uncomfortable speed. So naturally I wanted some sort of weapon. So i asked "Baylor did you drive here today"? "Yea so"? He replied. I started running towards his red truck. Naturally everybody followed. "Unlock it"! I yelled. Hearing the familiar click of the truck unlocking I swung it opened to get in just as a gryphon landed on it and started to crush it. Quickly I saw exactly what I was going to have to use. I grabbed his machete and tossed him his tomahawk. I also grabbed his throwing knives. Running back towards the gryphons I had that feeling of dread and knew we were dead without help. Baylor also had some throwing knives and he hit one of the gryphons in the right wing. It shrieked in pain which is a noise i dont want to hear again. I waited till they got close before I attacked. Unconsciously we had formed a loose circle while the gryphons surrounded us. Like cats playing with there food they slowly moved in on us. One of them on my right lunged at declan. He had no weapons, so i threw of the daggers and hit it in the shoulder. Unfortunately it only wounded it so I threw another one to Declan and he stabbed it in the neck. Unfortunately our victory was short lived and they all attacked. Then out of seemingly nowhere a hail of arrows impaled the gryphon to my left next to Reuben. A skeleton busts out of the ground in front of blake and started doing a kinda deadly dance with the gryphon. Then a current of water slams into the gryphon in front of me taking it away while a burst of flame incinerates the gryphon by Baylor. All of the happened in just a few seconds. Then 4 guys dressed in a mix of roman and Greek armor starts walking towards us with those weapons and I felt like my legs were turned to lead.
"What's your guys is name?" The guy in a orange camp half-blood T-shirt asked. " "I'm Austin." I replied. "This is Baylor Blake Reuben Ryley and Declan." I'm assuming your Percy." I inquired. "Yea I guess Rick's books are actually working. I assume you were the one who read Demigod Diaries?"
"Yea"
"Then we should hurry out of here"
"Probably"
Then Ryley asked "wait does that mean you have riptide?"
Percy grinned. "Sure why not".
He then uncapped his ballpoint pen and it expanded into a long glowing bronze sword. "Wow" Ryley breathed. "Anyways, said a kid that that was wearing grease stained jeans and T-shirt. Butted in and said "sorry to break up the happy greetings and everything but we should probably get back". The kid had dark hair that was tousled and also had grease smeared in it. He had a Latino look to him and a impish grin. I assumed it was Leo. The other one next to him was a big buff guy in roman armor. He wore a purple cape on his shoulder. The mark of a praetor. He also had a bow and quiver on him. To the side I saw a gladius hooked on his belt. To the right of him was a kid dressed all in black. He wore a completely black sword on his side which just radiated death. I assumed it was Stygian iron. If I remembered correctly that's iron made from the Styx. Anyway he had a skull ring on his hand which he kept twisting around as if he was nervous. He also kept casting nervous glances towards blake. He must've been Nico. "I agree let's go" Frank said. So we started following them over into the shadow of a tree. Then Nico told everyone to clasp there hands together. Then all of a sudden everything just blacked out. Imagine being sucked into a drainer and the pulled back out. That's probably the equivalent of what it felt like. Then i felt the satisfying sensation of earth. Trying to keep from throwing up my lunch (which school food is not good). I stood up and looked at my surroundings. We had landed in front of a big pine tree which I guess was Thailia's pine. Lookin out ahead of me closest was a volleyball court and west of that was a big cabin which I assumed was the Big House. Far to the right I saw a amphitheater and even father looked like a 50 foot climbing wall with lava pouring down the side. Then a little farther out was a lake and then farther were the cabins which seemed to be in a horseshoe shape. To the east I saw a mess hall. I figured there was more but thats all I could see from where we stood. Well come on might as well get everybody situated. Percy said happily.

Chapter 2
As we walked into the Big House some of us were claimed by our godly parent. As soon as Baylor stepped inside the Big House a flaming hammer appeared over his head and we got a good laugh at him while he was trying to swat it away. Chiron (the director at camp who was also a centaur) just chuckled and told Leo to go show Baylor around the camp. As they left we all wondered who our parent would be. I was hoping for Athena. So as we Percy was telling Chiron about the gryphons I kinda dazed off and started looking around. I saw Seymour the leopard head mounted on the wall and Frank was feeding it snausages (I asked Nico where they went and he said you don't want to know). And there was a staircase I assume lead up to the attic and a room with a ping pong table in it. Then Chiron walked up to us and assigned us each a guide to take us around camp. Immediately Nico demanded to have Blake. Blake did not look happy about it.
Ryley was assigned Frank to his disappointment.
Reuben got some kid named Will Solace.
Declan got the really buff girl name Clarisse.
He was about to tell me who I got when a blonde girl with gray eyes walked in followed by a bunch of girls with bows on there back. I immediately knew it was Annabeth and the others the Huntresses of Artemis. Then Annabeth saw us standing there and asked Chiron if they could speak in private. It apperead pretty urgent. Especially since Annabeth said "now." So him, Percy, and Annabeth walked upstairs, or trotted in Chiron's case into the attic. So as we were standing there awkwardly (besides Declan who was nursing a bloody nose after getting punched in the face for flirting with a huntress) the lead girl said "well I see the camp has some newbies now, can't wait to destroy you tommorow at capture the flag". She said confidently. "Wait were gonna be playing tommorow? We just got here!" Blake said. "Tough" she replied. From upstairs we heard Chiron shout "Thalia, show Austin around camp!" "Fine" she grumbled. "Well everybody move out"! She shouted. Glumly I had no choice but to follow the girl who looked eager to put an arrow through me.

I found out the camp was actually pretty cool. There were tons of stuff to do like the lava wall, monster fighting class, archery, and smithing. I learned that you were eventually claimed by a Godly parent. I was not very eager for this because I figured I would get one of the more boring God or Goddess. I would hate to have Aphrodite. Anyways I doubted I would have one of the big three but I was hoping for Athena. "So who is your Godly parent"? I asked Thailia. "Zeus". She didnt sound particularly happy about it. "That must be cool being able to control lighting, right?" I inquired.
"No because then the more powerful you are the more your likely to get attacked".
That kinda dimmed the mood.
"What kinda weapon do you think your gonna use"? She asked. I thought about it. I normally just used whatever I had. Or made something. One of my happier instances was when I was on the bus and Baylor had me pinned and was hitting me and he was naturally a lot stronger so I couldn't break his bear hug of death. The only thing I had was a Capri Sun. So I squirted it in eyes, and it worked and I was able to get out of his grasp. But I thought about it and decided I couldn't use anything bigger than a sword very well. And that means either really close combat with a dagger or ranged with a bow.
"A bow and daggers" I decided.
"Nice that's what I use" she approved.
"Follow me" she said and we started heading towards what looked like a hunting cabin. When she opened the doors using a deer antler that was glued on I saw a bunch of bunks and mounted monster heads. I immediately liked the cabin. I love hunting and fishing and the outdoors. Anyways she started walking towards a chest in the corner of the room and started pulling out weapons. "We definitely don't have the best weapons but we have the best bows and daggers you will find with out all the extra mechanics the grease monkeys use" she said. "I prefer the simple designs" I agreed." They normally work better unless you have exact calculations and then there's still a less chance of mistake." Then she handed me two silver daggers with a sheath and a recurve bow already strung. "They were made to never lose strength or snap by the Hunter's of Artemis secret way." She said. "And the daggers are silver and are almost just as dangerous to monsters as celestial bronze." We the left for the archery range to test my new weapons, and then I examined the tips. They were gleaming silver and super sharp. I was somewhat familiar with a bow as I did hunt with them but normally used a compound. I knocked an arrow and pulled back, surprised at the draw and how it couldn't have been more than 20 pounds. Then I sighted at the target and released. It wasn't a perfect shot but it wasn't bad. There were four rings and a dot. I hit right outside the dot. "Next time don't drop your hand immediately after you shoot, because then you may bring your shot down some with it". When we went to retrieve the arrow we found the area around where it penetrated smoldering. "Are they supposed to do that" I asked. "No... no they aren't". She looked thoughtful. "Well we should be getting back its time for supper. And I'm starving". Naturally I followed still a little bewildered by the arrow.